Instructional and Educational works
Subject
Subject Source: Loc Genre/Form Terms For Library And Archival Materials (Lcgft)
Scope Note: Scope note: Works whose main purpose is to convey knowledge, attitudes, and/or skills.Variants: Classroom materials // Curriculum materials // Educational materials // Educational works // Instructional materials // Instructional works // Learning materials // Teaching materials // Teaching works // Training materials // Training works
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Fowler Flaps for Airplanes: An Engineering Handbook, 1948, 1948
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 044, Call No.: TL 574 .A4 F6
Identifier: 20060361
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical).Purpose: Authoritative Reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Foreword):”... it has been possible to gather very valuable data sufficiently complete in details to enlighten those in the aircraft industry as to the reason the Fowler flaps have become so popular.I am therefore very grateful of having the privilege of examining all this data which made it possible to round out the intricate...
Dates:
Copyright: 1948; Publication: 1948
Introduction to Aerodynamics of a Compressible Fluid, 1947, 1947
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 047, Call No.: TL 574 .C4 L5
Identifier: 20061121
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical)Purpose: Authoritative Reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Galcit Aeronautical SeriesScope (from Author's Preface):
"The subject, Aerodynamics of Compressible Fluids, has been studied at great length by both pure mathematicians and "practical" engineers, and the literature on the subject has become extensive. The material presented in this book is designed to furnish the reader...
Dates:
Copyright: 1947; Publication: 1947
Principles and Problems of Aircraft Engines, 1931, 1931
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 086, Call No.: TL 701 .F3 1931
Identifier: 20180002
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface):
""The writer has attempted to present to the reader, in a non-technical form, a sufficient amount of material on the servicing of aircraft engines for him to pursue intelligently the important groundwork involved in the maintenance of engines.""Contents (from Table of...
Dates:
Copyright: 1931; Publication: 1931
Some Unusual Engines, 1975, 1975
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 076, Call No.: TL 210 .S43
Identifier: 20171001
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
A book "not only about old unusual engines but also new ones" exploring a variety of unconventionally constructed internal combustion engines ntended to illuminate the experimentation and uncover "bright ideas to be pursued, many theories of construction that would be valid with out pewsent materials....Some...
Dates:
Copyright: 1975; Publication: 1975
"Strength of Houses: Application of Engineering Principles to Structural Design" (National Bureau of Standards Building Materials and Structures Report No. 109), 1948-04-01
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 029, Call No.: TH 4812 .S78 1948
Identifier: 20061156
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical)Authority: Government CivilPurpose: Authoritative reference.Scope (from Preface):
"This report is an attempt to apply engineering methods to the design of houses for strength. Fundamental data for wind, snow, and floor loads have been reviewed and convenient methods developed for computing applied loads.The engineering approach to strength of houses described in this report, it is thought, will...
Dates:
Issued: 1948-04-01